Adam Pacione - Dobranoc (Elevator Bath, 2009)

Attention, on n'est plus seulement dans de l'ambient, on entre dans du pur drone! J'avoue que j'ai plus de mal avec ce genre qu'avec de l'ambient plus ''classique''. La pâte sonore est plus épaisse, la palette musicale plus intense, sous la surface calme et statique le mouvement est perpétuel. Voilà une musique qui ne peut pas s'écouter en fond sonore, elle exige toute notre attention. Elle nous absorbe, se mérite, mais ça en vaut la peine puisqu'au final c'est des plus hypnotiques!

Adam Pacione
Dobranoc
LP Elevator Bath eeaoa029 (USA, 08-2009)

01. Selo / Always
02. When the Thunder Breaks, It Breaks for You and Me / Always (Reprise) / Dobranoc

Note : Run off groove on side A states "Dif Juz is Playing at My House"; side B states "Clan of Big Hair".

Ce qu'en disait le label :
Dobranoc contains more than 40 minutes of new music utilizing field recordings, guitars, shortwave radio, analog keyboards & Moog filters. Haunting and yet serene, overflowing with contemplative and melodic tones, these are mostly long-form pieces: "Always" builds slowly into a monolithic block of sound, while in the title track, layer after layer of warm atmosphere appears and then unravels into a sea of tranquility. This is three-dimensional music, strikingly elegant, from a modern master of the art.
This picture disc LP is adorned with Pacione's lovely full-color macro photography circa 1995. The colorful sounds and images are bound together into a unified abstraction, dreamlike in its beauty.
Adam Pacione has been a fixture in the upper echelon of ambient drone for the last five years with releases on Elevator Bath, Infraction, and his own Bee Eater Recordings imprint. Pacione is also a highly skilled photographer with solo exhibitions and nearly a lifetime of experience under his belt. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
This picture disc LP has been released in an edition of 268 copies.
(Elevator Bath)

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